変身

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変 身
へん
Grade: 4		 しん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese as compound 變身 (MC pˠiᴇnH ɕiɪn, “change” + “body; self”). Compare modern Mandarin 變身／变身 (biànshēn).

Pronunciation

Noun

変身 (hiragana へんしん, rōmaji henshin)

  1. a change of one's body into something else:
    1. a complete change of one's appearance
    2. a metamorphosis or transformation into something else
  2. a body so transformed

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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